As the name suggests, this field represent various characters (Criteria) in Profitability Analysis. Characteristics help us to plan data, book actuals and present both of them in Profitability Analysis.

The name in itself suggests, Value fields contain values which flow from various modules during document posting.

Value fields are only required in costing-based Profitability Analysis. These are the fields that contain the currency amounts and quantities that you want to analyze in CO-PA. They represent the structure of your costs and revenues.

DefinitionOperating concern represents a part of an organization for which the sales market is structured in a uniform manner. It is an organization unit in accounting which structures an enterprise from the Profitability Analysis point of view.